WBB: Landmark Conference

[lefty2]

Sounds like you could use a squirrel delay.

[ronk]

Whomever is calling the shots from the penthouse of the Landmark Conference headquarters needs a wakeup call.

The Scranton men are scheduled to play Moravian for the title at 4:00 tomorrow.

The Scranton women are scheduled to play for their title tomorrow in Washington at...you guessed it, 4:00.

Is it asking too much for someone to recognize this conflict and make a phone call or put in the bylaws that when situations such as this occur, games must be played at least 2 hours apart.

Believe it or not, some of us actually attend games & would also like to follow the "other" team online.

I wish Dave would change the mens game to 8:00 like they can somehow seem to play in the Centennial.

The leadership of this conference appears to be clueless.

They also didn't get the tiebreakers right last Saturday when they said it was winner take all for the #1 seed between Catholic and Moravian women when Catholic could have finished 1st even losing to Moravian.

[ronk]

Lady Royals do it with defense in winning the AQ over Catholic 58-42, allowing only 26 points in the 1st 3 quarters. Frosh guards Mackenzie Yori, Emily Sheehan, and Lily Warhaftig made Catholic's fine PG Michelle Desantis work hard for her considerable contributions and limited her to 8 points(1 basket, a 3 in transition) in the final 3 quarters and forcing 6 TOs.
  Katie Broderick continued her recent fine play hitting 4-5 3s, missing only a last second end-of-quarter attempt. Her 1st 3 regained the lead for the Lady Royals late in the 2nd quarter and they never trailed after it. Katie was named tourney MVP.
  I'm projecting that the Lady Royals will host the opening weekend and Catholic has a good chance to host also since the teams immediately behind them in the regional ranking(Albright & UMW) also lost. Catholic can get a big clue during the men's announcement @ 12:30 on Monday(before the women's @ 2:30) - if CNU men host, then that means the CNU women will not be and the chances for Catholic to host, improve significantly.
  Talked with newest Scranton Wall of Fame inductee Phil Johnson who was in attendance and enjoyed the Lady Royals' performance immensely. For the unaware, Phil and his brother Irvin were starters on the Royals 1st national champion in '76 and were pointed in Scranton's direction by their high school guidance counselor, the late Frank Murphy, who was a Scranton classmate of mine and joined me for the Scranton games @ Catholic for many years.
  Also in attendance for the 2nd time in 2 weeks and lending her support was Arielle Jenkins, a frosh member of last year's Lady Royals, who transferred to JMU in the interim.
  In other conference news, Goucher's head coach position is now open.

[saratoga]

A great game indeed by the Lady Royals.

Congrats to Trevor, Canio, Meghan & Natalie...fantastic job recalibrating the defense & keeping the kids moving in the right direction.

Ronk...as far as the CNport men hosting & that equating to a better chance for the Catholic women to host, it's my understanding that if a school has both teams capable of hosting, the odd year goes to the women in the first round.

If accurate, the C Newport women would be hosting & their mens team would hit the road.

However, that doesn't necessarily mean Catholic would be sent there either...the NCAA has a 500 mile radius to play with.
They certainly won't go over it but they could use up every last mile & send them to Montclair or Amherst as an example.

I could see Scranton hosting Gywenned Mercy, SUNY New Paltz who upset previously unbeaten SUNY Genesseo & maybe a rematch with WPI.

Regardless...always a great time seeing the Long Center rocking this time of year.

[ronk]

A great game indeed by the Lady Royals.

Congrats to Trevor, Canio, Meghan & Natalie...fantastic job recalibrating the defense & keeping the kids moving in the right direction.

Ronk...as far as the CNport men hosting & that equating to a better chance for the Catholic women to host, it's my understanding that if a school has both teams capable of hosting, the odd year goes to the women in the first round.

If accurate, the C Newport women would be hosting & their mens team would hit the road.

However, that doesn't necessarily mean Catholic would be sent there either...the NCAA has a 500 mile radius to play with.
They certainly won't go over it but they could use up every last mile & send them to Montclair or Amherst as an example.

I could see Scranton hosting Gywenned Mercy, SUNY New Paltz who upset previously unbeaten SUNY Genesseo & maybe a rematch with WPI.

Regardless...always a great time seeing the Long Center rocking this time of year.

I'm thinking that there's a good possibility that the CNU women won't leap over 3 teams to get ahead of Catholic in the ranking and hosting selection; the men's preceding announcement(whether the CNU men host) will be the indicator for the women.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

It appears that is exactly what happened... geography could have been a factor as well.

[ronk]

It appears that is exactly what happened... geography could have been a factor as well.

So when r they releasing the regional ranking so that we can find out why CNU moved ahead of Catholic?

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

It appears that is exactly what happened... geography could have been a factor as well.

So when r they releasing the regional ranking so that we can find out why CNU moved ahead of Catholic?

There appears to be a hangup on the women's side. The committee chair thought the info was already out, but it isn't. I will try and remember to check on it in the morning if it is still a problem.

[saratoga]

Question for Gordon, Ryan, Pat or Dave,

Hypothetically......

If Tufts, Scranton, Oshkosh & Wash U (as an example only) win this weekend, where do the Sectionals go?

Looks like some flights may be in order if this plays out.

[Pat Coleman]

Question for Gordon, Ryan, Pat or Dave,

Hypothetically......

If Tufts, Scranton, Oshkosh & Wash U (as an example only) win this weekend, where do the Sectionals go?

Looks like some flights may be in order if this plays out.

That sounds hypothetically like a Tufts sectional. Oshkosh and Wash U are within 500 of each other as well but if Wash U men are still alive they would have the hosting priority.

Could also be a Scranton sectional. Depends on what the committee makes of these criteria:

Tufts .958 6-1 .599
Scranton .888 4-2 .559

[deiscanton]

Question for Gordon, Ryan, Pat or Dave,

Hypothetically......

If Tufts, Scranton, Oshkosh & Wash U (as an example only) win this weekend, where do the Sectionals go?

Looks like some flights may be in order if this plays out.

I have not seen a sectional matchup like this since the 2006-07 season.  There are definitely at least 2 flights for this sectional pod no matter which teams win out this weekend, and I personally would love to see this sectional at Tufts in Boston. (BTW, this is the 10 year anniversary of the sectional at Emmanuel in Boston, MA involving Emmanuel, S. Maine, DePauw, and Calvin-- DePauw won that sectional and went on to win the national championship in Springfield, MA the following weekend.) However, I don't mind if Scranton got it either, as the fans attending this sectional wherever it is held would get a really exciting weekend. 

[ronk]

Question for Gordon, Ryan, Pat or Dave,

Hypothetically......

If Tufts, Scranton, Oshkosh & Wash U (as an example only) win this weekend, where do the Sectionals go?

Looks like some flights may be in order if this plays out.

That sounds hypothetically like a Tufts sectional. Oshkosh and Wash U are within 500 of each other as well but if Wash U men are still alive they would have the hosting priority.

Could also be a Scranton sectional. Depends on what the committee makes of these criteria:

Tufts .958 6-1 .599
Scranton .888 4-2 .559

After last week, the VRRO should be Tufts 7-2, Scranton 6-2.

[Pat Coleman]

Fair point -- in addition to not updating the regional rankings, they haven't updated the data sheets as well. 

[gordonmann]

Looks like a Tufts pod to me, too.

[ronk]

Question for Gordon, Ryan, Pat or Dave,

Hypothetically......

If Tufts, Scranton, Oshkosh & Wash U (as an example only) win this weekend, where do the Sectionals go?

Looks like some flights may be in order if this plays out.

That sounds hypothetically like a Tufts sectional. Oshkosh and Wash U are within 500 of each other as well but if Wash U men are still alive they would have the hosting priority.

Could also be a Scranton sectional. Depends on what the committee makes of these criteria:

Tufts .958 6-1 .599
Scranton .888 4-2 .559

For the benefit of any new national committee members wrt to sectional hosting, the #1 criteria(is it both singular and plural?) is that it goes to Scranton for St. Patrick's day weekend so that more people can enjoy the parade. After last year's experience, Tufts is already onboard with returning for the festivities.